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ASTMH 61st Annual Meeting (2012)
November
11-15, 2012 (Sunday through Thursday)
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta, Georgia USA
Late Breaker Abstract
Submissions
Submission deadline: August 22
Download
the Call for Abstracts.
The late breaker abstract submission site will open in
mid-June. The submission deadline is August 22. Late breaker
abstract notices will be sent in late October.
Satellite Symposium Guidelines
Application deadline: April 18
Download
the satellite symposium guidelines as a Word file.
Download
the satellite symposium guidelines as a PDF file.
ACAV Kelly Labell Student Travel Award
Application deadline:
May 3
Notices will be sent in late summer.
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the application guidelines.
ACME Student Travel Award
Application deadline: May 3
Notices will be sent in late summer.
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the application guidelines.
Young Investigator Award
Application deadline: May 3
Notices will be sent in late summer.
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the application guidelines.
Elsevier Clinical Research Award
Application deadline: May
22
Download
the application guidelines.
Submit your online
application here.
Invitation Letters
Invitation letters are now available
online. You MUST be registered for the Annual Meeting in order to
generate an invitation letter. Questions? Contact Buffy Finn, Member
Services Administrator at bfinn@astmh.org.
ASTMH 60th Annual Meeting (2011)
December 4-8,
2011
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Download the Annual Meeting brochure now. (4 MB).
Download a smaller file version of the Annual
Meeting brochure. (2.5 MB)
Plenary
Session Speakers
Opening
Plenary Session – Sunday, December 4
Jeffrey
Sachs, PhD
Earth Institute at Columbia University
Fred L. Soper
Lecture – Monday, December
5
Anita Zaidi, MD
Professor, Aga Khan University
Mid-Day Plenary Session – Tuesday, December 6
Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
Founding Director,
Partners In Health
Commemorative
Fund Lecture – Tuesday, December 6
Mirta Roses Periago, MD
Director,
Pan-American Health Organization
Plenary Session and Annual
Business Meeting – Wednesday,
December 7
Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD
Founding Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor
College of Medicine
President, Sabin Vaccine Institute
Career Fair- New This Year!
The Career Fair will
provide conference attendees career development information and
opportunities in the broad not-for-profit and for-profit communities
that intersect with tropical medicine and global health.
Members: Share Your Knowledge—Become a Mentor at the Annual Meeting
With the Annual Meeting drawing more students, trainees and early career professionals, the Society is reaching out to you— our members— to invite to serve as a mentor. During the meeting, you can provide career advice, share your experiences, help them build their professional network or just make yourself available for conversation. If you are interested in serving as a mentor during the meeting, click here. ASTMH will review all requests and provide you with the contact information of an interested mentee so that you can establish contact and make plans prior to the Annual Meeting. Please note each mentor and mentee is equally responsible for establishing contact. Questions? Please contact Buffy Finn, Member Services Administrator, at bfinn@astmh.org.
*Currently, this program is only available during the Annual Meeting.
Looking for a Mentor?
If you are a student or early career professional and would benefit from the counsel of a more experienced, established ASTMH member, click here. You do not have to be an ASTMH member to be a mentee. ASTMH will review all requests and provide you with the contact information of an interested mentor so that you can establish contact and make plans prior to the Annual Meeting. Please note each mentee and mentor is equally responsible for establishing contact. Questions? Please contact Buffy Finn, Member Services Administrator, at bfinn@astmh.org.
*Currently, this program is only available during the Annual Meeting.
Stay Connected With the ASTMH 2011 Annual Meeting
Blog
Bookmark www.astmh.org/blog for updates, wrap-ups
and news from the meeting.
John Donnelly, a former global health reporter and Africa-based correspondent for the Boston Globe, will be blogging live from Philadelphia. Donnelly is a freelance writer specializing in global health and development issues. Bookmark the blog and check back throughout the meeting for coverage of sessions, symposia and interviews with ASTMH leaders.
Follow ASTMH on Twitter. Use the hashtag #ASTMH2011 to share news from the meeting.
Media Inquiries
Individuals requesting a media pass to the 60th Annual Meeting should email Preeti Singh at PSingh@BurnessCommunications.com. Please include your name, organization name/media outlet/website, mailing address and phone. If you cannot attend, you can still cover the research being released by visiting the online press room for the meeting.
View 59th Annual Meeting Photos
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images from the ASTMH 59th Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Flickr.